Flight Briefings: Focused, Flight-Specific NOTAM Intelligence

Many of our users have asked for clearer NOTAM categorization. Notamify offers 42 predefined NOTAM categories, but in practice NOTAMs are often ambiguous and context-dependent—category filters alone rarely provide the operational clarity required for a specific flight. That is why we built Atomic Elements and now use them within Flight Briefings to evaluate runway, procedure, equipage, and timing context so the most relevant constraints surface first.

What is a Flight Briefing?

A Flight Briefing is a structured, flight-scoped NOTAM summary tailored to a single operation. It combines time applicability, airport/runway context, procedure intent, and aircraft profile to surface only what is pertinent to the planned movement.

Inputs Considered

Flight Briefings are built from the following inputs:

• Time and airport applicability (with schedule interpretation)
• Departure runway
• Arrival runway
• Arrival procedure (e.g., ILS, RNAV, RNP, circling)
• Aircraft profile (equipment, performance, ATC FPL details)

Supplying Flight Details

You can provide flight context in two ways:

• Manual entry: enter airports, ETD/ETA, alternates, runway selections, procedure intent, and aircraft profile directly.
• Automatic parsing:
  • OFP PDF: upload your operational flight plan as a PDF. We process only the first 10 pages for performance and relevancy, and we do not store the document or its contents.
  • ATC FPL text: paste the filed ICAO FPL string; we extract relevant details (route, equipage, EOBT, alternates) to seed the briefing.

How Prioritization Works

The briefing uses reference chips to present the most consequential NOTAMs first. These chips encode the NOTAM's operational relevance (e.g., runway impact, procedure availability, equipment dependencies, time sensitivity). They make it clear why an item appears near the top and help you quickly separate critical constraints from background information.

Examples of factors that contribute to prioritization:

• Runway closure or length limitations that intersect your planned runway
• Navaid or procedure outages that affect the selected approach
• Temporary restrictions that overlap your departure or arrival window
• Compliance or equipage-dependent items tied to your filed flight plan

Prioritized items are visually highlighted with a blue vertical strip on the left edge of the entry, making them easy to scan in context.

Structure of the Briefing

Briefings are organized to mirror the operational flow:

1. Flight overview: airports, ETD/ETA, alternates, and timing assumptions
2. High-priority constraints with reference chips and rationale
3. Airport-specific sections (departure, destination, alternates)
4. Procedure and navaid availability
5. Airspace and route considerations, where applicable
6. Additional context and references

Each NOTAM entry shows: operational category, schedule applicability, primary impact, and a short interpretation. You can expand to view the full text, timeline, and any associated geometry.

Mentions and Affected Elements

Mentioned NOTAMs and affected elements display concise snippets in-line:

• NOTAM mentions: a short extract highlighting the operative part of the notice
• Affected elements: a compact representation (e.g., runway, navaid, or procedure segment) with the relevant attributes

These previews help validate why an item is listed and what it impacts—without leaving the briefing context.

Time Applicability and Schedule Interpretation

Time is considered at two levels:

• Absolute validity (starts_at / ends_at)
• Published schedules (daily/weekly windows, exceptions, holidays)

Notamify merges these layers with your planned times (including alternates) to remove items that are out of scope and highlight those that will be active. This avoids both false positives and late surprises.

If you work with complex NOTAM schedules regularly, you may find this useful: Schedule interpretation details.

Runways, Procedures, and Aircraft Profile

• Departure/arrival runway selection determines runway-specific constraints and performance-relevant items.
• Procedure choice (e.g., ILS vs RNAV) surfaces associated outages or minima changes.
• Aircraft profile ensures equipage-dependent restrictions are assessed against your ATC flight plan details.

Outcomes You Can Rely On

Flight Briefings aim to be practical rather than verbose. Expect a brief you can read end-to-end, with top risks and operational blockers made explicit, and supporting context one click away.

For teams, Flight Briefings provide a consistent baseline that can be shared, reviewed, and archived alongside the flight record.

Although, please remember that Notamify cannot be used for opertaional use and it's only informational. Always relay on official NOTAM sources.

Where to Use It

You can generate a Flight Briefing directly in Notamify or via API. If you already use scheduled updates, Flight Briefings complement them by providing a flight-specific, time-bounded view.

• Try it here: /flight-briefing